Nabalus

(nab'-al-us). A genus of composite-flowered plants; by some considered a section of Prenanthes. There are many American species, called drop-flower artd rattlesnake-root. A poultice of the pounded fresh leaves of N. alt is sim us, or " white lettuce," of N. America, has been used as an application to ulcers, gangrenous sores, etc. Unof.